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Independent Study (TRDEV596) provides students the opportunity to obtain recorded credit for academic achievement beyond that recognized through the formal, approved course offerings. To Penn State Harrisburg students, Independent Study has made possible learning experiences of great value, and to the faculty it has given occasion for scholarly explorations and interaction that could scarcely have been achieved otherwise. Independent Study has proved its merit and will continue to be a valuable component of the total educational effort of Penn State Harrisburg. Please note however, that an Independent Study is a course overload for faculty members, so strict limits are placed on the number offered each semester.
General Information about Independent Study Courses
- An Independent Study course should not be used to give an established catalog course. (If an established course is to be given independently, even if only to one student, it should be given under the official name and number.)
- It is possible, if the instructor so desires, to have two or more students participate in a cooperative independent study project.
- A petition for Independent Study may be obtained from your adviser and must be completed and approved before enrolling in an Independent Study course. Jurisdiction for approval of an Independent Study course lies with the Division Head of the Program in which the course resides. Signature of the Jurisdictional Division Head indicates his or her approval of the Independent Study offering within his or her jurisdiction and of the instructor directing it.
- Signature of the instructor serving as the study director indicates an agreement to be involved in the Independent Study.
- Signature of the student's assigned adviser indicates approval of the student's participation.
- This petition for Independent Study must be completed and returned to the Registrar's Office at the time the student registers for the course. Registration cannot be processed without a completed form.
- Approved petitions for Independent Study will be maintained in the student's file as a record of independent studies. There will be no special form that records the accumulation of Independent Study projects completed by the student.
- Evaluation of the Independent Study will be reported as a letter grade. On ly the instructor who signed the petition for the Independent Study may assign the final grade.
